Archive for November, 2010

I was answering a question last night and was suggesting that a new quilter invest in a basic quilting book. Even with all the information available on the web and in pattern books, I think a reference book is invaluable.

We’re fairly boring people and usually usher in the new year sound asleep but this year I decided I wanted to do something more exciting so we’re going to Vegas ….a show, a little time on the slots…. we booked it tonight!

Yes, I sleep late so I had beer and pretzels for breakfast this morning (afternoon)

…. watching the Vikings lose.

A little hand stitching this afternoon and now I’m half way done with Keith’s binding and there’s a pot of homemade lentil soup on the stove. This will be my first attempt to use the new immersion blender. In the past, I’ve always made broth based soups so wish me luck or at least something edible!

Mine is good because although I had to go to two shops, I found a brown flannel that will work as a binding on Keith’s quilt. It’s made and machine stitched and now all it needs is to be stitched down by hand….a year and a half after I bought the fabric and pattern …12 months later than I promised but the finish line is in sight.

I’ve also had a good time playing with my fan blocks. I was trying to do something more elaborate but the more things I try out as far as setting goes, the more I like just a straight set. I’m still playing with border ideas and I have a feeling I’m not going to get back to the quilt on the design wall before our next trip.

I’m also trying to decide what fabric I’m going to use for the quarter circles….I think they both work well but I’m not sure which one works better. These fans are SUPER, SUPER easy to make and you can count on me playing with more fan quilts in the future.

For a long time I didn’t call or consider myself a designer, after all I just take traditional blocks and arrange them in ways pleasing to me and make quilts … we could probably all call ourselves designers based on that criteria. So I asked myself, is it being published that makes a designer official? And if so, doesn’t my website count as being published? Or is it only being published and having people pay for your designs that make you a designer?

They may be too uniform for some of you but I love these leaves. This one is quilted, now if I can just find a binding.

This is the only flannel fabric from the quilt that I have enough of to bind with but I think it’s too LOUD to finish this one off. I’m going to see what Keith has to say but I’m hoping to find something that will blend in with the final border.